Port Kent–Hopkinton Turnpike | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Franklin County | ||||
Length | 19.14 mi[1] (30.80 km) | |||
Existed | 1930[2]–September 26, 1994[3] | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | NY 30 in Duane | |||
East end | NY 3 in Franklin | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New York | |||
Counties | Franklin | |||
Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 99 (NY 99) was a state highway in Franklin County. The western terminus of the route was at an intersection with NY 30 in Duane. Its eastern terminus was at a junction with NY 3 near the Franklin community of Merrillsville. The narrow, winding route passed through isolated and heavily wooded areas of Adirondack Park. NY 99 was known as the Port Kent–Hopkinton Turnpike and maintained by Franklin County as a county highway. The state highway had been co-designated, and is signed today solely as County Route 26 (CR 26).
The routing of NY 99 was originally part of the Port Kent and Hopkinton Turnpike, a 19th-century toll road that began in the town of Hopkinton and passed through central Franklin County on its way to the hamlet of Port Kent on the shores of Lake Champlain. The portion of the turnpike between Duane Center and Merrillsville was designated as NY 99 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. It remained unchanged until September 26, 1994, when the NY 99 designation was removed from the highway.